No Thanks, Google. I'll Speak for Myself

Re:No Thanks, Google. I'll Speak for Myself by mikeash on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @03:49PM (#17033311)

Unless they’re being used to cover up computation delays on the back end, I feel like the hems and haws go beyond merely making the system more realistic and enters into outright fraud. By all means, sound natural and good, but don’t actually pretend to be a human if you’re not.

(And suddenly I have a vision of that last sentence being used against me in court in a few decades, with a jury consisting entirely of AIs....)

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Re:No Thanks, Google. I'll Speak for Myself by p2t2p on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @05:04PM (#17034066)

However you’d expect an Mmmm-hm as reaction to certain phrases as an ACK. What it does is just ACKing the phrase from other user. I wonder if other user would get worried and started asking “are you there?” if they didn’t receive the ACK

Edit: typos

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Re:No Thanks, Google. I'll Speak for Myself by mikeash on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @06:24PM (#17034754)

Totally! My bad reaction is to things like interstitial “um” which is completely unnecessary in a computer voice.

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Re:No Thanks, Google. I'll Speak for Myself by hosh on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:02PM (#17033469)

That's an interesting observation.

I'm ok with the computers doing this, but it doesn't offend me that a computer is doing this. (Having said that, I take a dimmer view of dark UX patterns where I know I am being manipulated for some gain).

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